2024-04-30 15:41:37 ¶ ●

What I like about Hannibal is that his persona is consistent. We, as people, have different masks for different social circumstances and different people. Different aspects of our personalities come to light in front of a friend, parent, colleague, retail workers, doctors etc. But since the entirety of his interactions with people is a farce, he only has a singular mask for all of them. His true personality never peeks out, and he doesn’t care so much about connecting with the average person, so he doesn’t adjust his moods to their context. Instead he gives them the most acceptable version of a human being: someone smiley, friendly, capable and dependable, talented yet mild with a sense of humor and quick wit. Amazing.